Tongue-Tied Witch Books in Order

The Tongue-Tied Witch books are Washburn’s urban fantasy series, and they begin with one of her best high-concept heroines. Aren McAllister is shy, withdrawn, and has struggled with a stutter all her life. Then she learns that she is a witch, and not just any witch. Her magic works through song. That gives the series a distinctive hook right away, because voice is not just part of Aren’s identity, it is the key to her power.

From there, the books open into a hidden magical world living alongside ordinary human life. Aren is pulled into conflicts among witches, warlocks, and old power structures she never knew existed. She is not stepping into a neat school for magic. She is stepping into a fight.

That fight gets personal fast.

Aren has family secrets to untangle, enemies she barely understands, and emotional complications that only make matters worse. In A Peck of Pickled Warlocks, the stakes widen as she tries to rescue her father and navigate the fact that someone she once loved may be impossible to trust. The series moves from the Gulf Coast to Las Vegas to much stranger places, but it keeps Aren’s point of view at the center.

The tone is brisk and readable, with romance, danger, humor, and just enough emotional weight to keep the fantasy from floating away. Aren is easy to root for because she is not a born action hero. She has to grow into her role, and the series gets a lot of energy from that process.

If you want Washburn away from the bakery and out on supernatural ground, this is the place to go. The Tongue-Tied Witch books are quick-moving fantasy adventures with a likable lead, a clever magic twist, and plenty of room for hidden agendas, shifting loyalties, and magical trouble.